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Fantastic plastic

Polymer materials could bring down the cost of electricity production using photovoltaic technology to below $1 per watt for the first time, and enable mass-market, portable applications for photovoltaic technology.

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Figure 2: These plots show record efficiencies achieved with organic photovoltaic technology as certified by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).
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Gaudiana, R., Brabec, C. Fantastic plastic. Nature Photon 2, 287–289 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.69

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